Ukraine has confirmed that the Russian army controls the old one Chernobyl nuclear power plant, after a “fierce battle” in which they have asked for control of the plant. At the moment the status of the plant and facilities with nuclear waste is unknown.
The Russian forces have attacked in the Chernobyl exclusion zonenear a nuclear waste repositorywhere fighting has taken place.
From the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine they confirmed that “the National Guard, which is in charge of guaranteeing the security of radioactive discharge deposits, is fighting with all its forces.” “Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 does not repeat itself,” the Ukrainian president advanced.
They also warned that if the deposits with radioactive remains are damaged, “nuclear dust can spread throughout the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the countries of the European Union”. Finally, they have lost control of the old plant.
The danger of bursting the Chernobyl sarcophagus
In Más Vale Tarde, the journalist Ignatius Cemberro precisely remembered the Tragedy caused by the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986which caused numerous deaths not only due to the accident but also as a result of cancer and diseases caused by radiation.
“Despite everything, the Russian Army are prudent people, and they are the first interested in not bursting the sarcophagus so that we do not have that nuclear tragedy again, on a smaller scale,” the expert reflected. The 30,000-ton sarcophagus, financed by the European Union, protects reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The Chernobyl exclusion zone, which is separated from Belarusian territory by the Pripyat River, which gives its name to the city where the workers of the Soviet plant lived, has been patrolled for weeks by the Ukrainian National Guard. The territory of Ukraine and that of Belarus were the most affected by the radioactive cloud caused by the greatest nuclear catastrophe in history that occurred on April 26, 1986.
In anticipation of a possible attack, last Friday the Ukrainian authorities suspended tourist trips to the Chernobyl zonea very popular destination among foreign tourists in recent years.
Source: Lasexta
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